Newsletter- 05/9/16
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MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF SCHOOL
Healthcare charges
PTA Shop – Amendment to business hours
Invitation to Japanese Mother Tongue Programme at KJS
Junior Baking Classes
John Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth
IMPORTANT DATES
Message from Head of School
This weekend I have been thinking about which lantern to bring on Friday to the PTA Lantern Festival! Starting at 5.30pm this event gives families an opportunity to gather together and celebrate Mid-Autumn. Please encourage your child to make a lantern then pack a picnic, bring a blanket and join in with all the fun! I look forward to seeing you all there.
This week we have a parent workshop for parents of our younger children ‘Learning to Read’. Please sign up on Gateway if you have not already done so.
This week you will have received UNIT OVERVIEWS. These outline the key learning for your child’s current Unit of Inquiry and give ideas for fun ways to support your child’s learning at home. They will be stored on the website under COMMUNICATION > YEAR GROUP UPDATES along with each year group’s weekly updates.
Next week (13th and 14th) the teachers have two days of training from the International Baccalaureate. We will be finding out how effective inquiry in classrooms can empower our learners and help them develop essential life long learning skills. These teacher workshops, mandatory by the IB, are key to ensure that we are able to maintain the rigour and expectations of the Primary Years Programme. If you would like to know more abou the IB PYP please sign up on Gateway for our ‘An Introduction to the PYP’ parent workshop on 20th September at 5pm.
The training days are followed by a public holiday (Friday 15th) which means a very short week for the children with only Monday and Tuesday in school. I do hope you are able to enjoy the five day ‘mini-break’ with your children – perhaps you will get a chance to try a couple of ideas from the Unit Overviews you have received.
Finally, please use the following link to access and ‘like’ our new official Facebook page! It will keep you posted with some of the exciting things that are happening at KJS! https://www.facebook.com/kjseduhk
Wishing you a wonderful week,
Karen Thomas
Head of School
Healthcare Charges
We have had some interest regarding the $40 charge for the Healthcare services as noted in the letter sent out this week. $20 will be for the Heathcare service as usual. The additional $20 will be spent on transport – last year I noted that the buses sent by the health care services did not all have seat belts and so were not suitable for our children to use. To this end I have ordered our own buses to transport the children so that they can get to the dentist check up safely.
PTA Shop – Amendment to business hours
Invitation to Japanese Mother Tongue Programme at KJS
ESF Bilingal Hub offers a unique learning opportunity for the students of Japanese as their mother tongue. The programme is supported by ESF Bilingual Hub with collaboration of KJS. For details, please refer to the attachment.
Junior Baking Classes
For more information, please see the attached brochure and enrolment form.
To reserve a place or arrange for a trial class, please email Ms. Hong: flourhk@hotmail.com
See the Junior Bakers in action by clicking on the link below:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOW88jsc8A0
JOHN HOPKINS CENTER FOR TALENTED YOUTH
Greetings from the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY)! As part of the Johns Hopkins University, CTY conducts the oldest and most extensive university-based Talent Search by offering an above-grade level testing to the 2nd to 8th graders (Year 3 – Year 9 students) worldwide. For academically advanced students who qualify, CTY offers challenging summer and online programs.
In the coming fall, we will host an information session at King George V (KGV). The schedule is as below:
September 12, 2016 (Monday)
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Guilford Lecture Theatre
https://centerfortalentedyouth.formstack.com/forms/kgv_information_session_rsvp
(Please RSVP on or before September 5)
During the session, we will provide first-hand information about CTY summer and online programs, including their benefits to the students and how to qualify. Come and check us out! We look forward to seeing you on the day!
Please see attached information here
Important Dates
Tuesday 6th September Parent Workshop – Y1 Learning to Read 1.30pm
Friday 9th September: PTA Lantern Festival/AGM for all the family
Wednesday 14th September: School closed – Staff training
Thursday 15th September: School closed – Staff training
Friday 16th September: School closed – Public Holiday
Tuesday 20th September Parent Workshop – An introduction to the Primary Years Programme 5pm – 6pm
Thursday 22nd September 3:15pm Y3 Sailing information session for parents
Tuesday 27th September: Y1 Immunization in the hall (am)
Tuesday 4th October Parent Workshop – Y1 Learning to Write 1.30pm
10th – 15th October: School closed – Half term holiday
Monday 17th October: School closed – Staff training
18th – 21st October: School photographer in
Tuesday Oct 25th: Parent Workshop – Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds 8.45am
Friday 28th October: Diwali Assembly 9am
Friday 4th November: PTA Quiz Night for all the family
Tuesday 1st November: Parent Teacher conferences 3 – 6.30pm
including meetings with Mandarin, PE and Music for Y1 and Y5 parents
Thursday 10th November: Parent Teacher conferences 3 – 6.30pm
including meetings with Mandarin, PE and Music for Y1 and Y5 parents
Thursday 17th November: KJS Musical
Friday 18th November: KJS Musical
21st – 23rd November: Y4 Camp
22nd – 25th November: Y5 Camp
28th Nov – 2nd Dec: Y6 Camp
Friday 9th December: School Disco for all the family
Tuesday 13th December: Term ends at midday
Parents will be informed of any date changes in the school newsletter.
